Description
Survival of the fittest has never meant so much… until now.
Four couples, all lifelong friends, arrive at a holiday cottage, eager to rebuild their friendship, except one of them, Joel Fisher, is a troubled man living under the threatening cloud of a sinister secret.
Someone knows what Joel did and is determined to wreck the friends’ planned rest and relaxation.
Joel finds himself in an untenable position, the only way to combat it is for him to reveal the truth.
Eight friends arrive… but how many will survive?
About the author
M A Comley is a KINDLE UNLIMITED ALL-STAR author as well as being a New York Times, USA Today, Amazon Top 20 bestselling author, she has topped the book charts on iBooks as a top 5 bestselling and reached #2 bestselling author on Barnes and Noble. Over two and a half million copies sold world wide. She’s a British author who moved to France in 2002, and that’s when she turned her hobby into a career.
When she’s not writing crime novels as well as caring for her elderly mother, she’s either reading or going on long walks with her rescue pup Labrador, Dex.
Here is a list of her books, Cruel Justice, Impeding Justice, Final Justice, Foul Justice, Guaranteed Justice, Ultimate Justice, Virtual Justice, Hostile Justice, Tortured Justice, Rough Justice, Dubious Justice, Calculated Justice, Twisted Justice, Prime Justice, Heroic Justice, Shameful Justice, Immoral Justice and Overdue Justice. There are several novellas and short stories in the series too.
No Right To Kill, Killer Blow, The Dead Can’t Speak, Deluded and The Murder Pact in the DI Sara Ramsey series.
Her other successful series are: The DI Sally Parker thriller series, which includes WRONG PLACE, NO HIDING PLACE, COLD CASE, Deadly encounter and Lost Innocence.
The DI Kayli Bright Trilogy – The Missing Children, Killer on the Run, Hidden Agenda, Murderous Betrayal and Dying Breath.
The Hero series, TORN APART, END RESULT, IN PLAIN SIGHT, DOUBLE JEOPARDY and CRIMINAL ACTIONS.
There are three books in the Intention series, Sole Intention, Grave Intention and Devious Intention.
Plus a couple of standalone novels – EVIL IN DISGUISE and FOREVER WATCHING YOU.
I’ve also penned a cozy mystery Private Investigator series – Murder at the Wedding, Murder at the Hotel and Murder by the Sea.
As well as co-authoring the Deception Series co-authored by fellow NY Times bestselling author, Linda S Prather Clever Deception, Tragic Deception and Sinful Deception.
My thoughts
Ooh, Joel and Mandy! I loved the anger and the arguments between them. The revelations that the holiday revealed about the characters were packed with oomph. The first half of the book gave us the setup and this nicely balanced out against the action packed second half.
The holiday rental made the perfect backdrop for the story and I enjoyed the tensions as they unfolded. There were shock moments aplenty in this thrilling read. ‘Shattered Lives’ is a twisty turny book that will keep you right on your tippy toes!
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